Nell

Out for dinner last night and home late so Mr EG took the kids downstairs whilst I had a bit of a lie in. We went out to 'celebrate' 1 year of doglegs last night. Doesn't feel like much to celebrate right now but mostly wanted to take Fiona and Amanda out to say thanks. We're still getting a few enquiries so hopefully things will pick up soon.

Restaurant was a little bizarre. They got my order wrong so it got sent back to the kitchen. Then another waiter came and said the right dish would be about 7 mins so he would leave the wrong order for me to sample. Then another waiter came and took it away again. Then the original waiter came and brought it back! It was an Italian place and when we arrived the guy said "follow me" to the table, then stopped in his tracks as though he'd forgot to be in character and said "follow me seniorita" which I'm pretty sure is Spanish?! The food was good though- just a bit of a pretentious place. I don't think you have to be Italian to work in an Italian restaurant.

Mike took Tobes out to get a haircut for them both, now that Dawn has gone to America. He paid £8 for the two of them so can only imagine the type of establishment he went to! I had to tidy Toby's up when he got home- it was such a mess. She'd hacked a chunk out of his fringe on one side and styled it into a mullet!

I had a dog walk at lunchtime with Nell. She really is my kind of dog. We had so much fun. Then I went straight to the yard, poo picked the field then had a fabulous ride round the res. Lime was flying again. He bombed off up the phone box fields and jogged all the way home. Think he was just happy to get out of the field. Very difficult to get out in the evenings now- only way I can do it is to make sure dogs are walked after lunch ( which is too early for them as they then want to go out again in the evening) and to miss the kids bedtime, which I hate.